Physiological and Molecular Responses of Crops in Abiotic Stress Tolerance
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2024) | Viewed by 5239
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crops; molecular mechanism of growth and development regulation; abiotic stress in plants
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Interests: bast fiber crops; crop cultivation; abiotic stress physiology in plants; plant nutrition; polluted soil management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In times of climate change, crops are vulnerable to environmental constraints such as drought, heat waves, heavy metals, salinity, flooding, etc., that hinder crop growth, and development, resulting in yield loss. Crops have developed complex mechanisms for stress tolerance that includes various physiological, biochemical and molecular changes at different growth stages. This Special Issue aims to highlight the advanced breakthroughs in crop responses to abiotic stresses and tolerance mechanisms/strategies. Scientists and academics from all over the world are welcome to share original research, review articles, and short communications in the field of crop stress physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, with particular emphasis on the physiological and molecular approaches or strategies for stress tolerance. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
- Physiological and biochemical responses of crops to environmental stresses;
- Molecular mechanisms of crop stress tolerance;
- Genome-wide transcriptome and proteome analysis of crops under stress;
- Metabolomics and metabolite profiling of crops under stress;
- Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology of crop stress tolerance;
- Strategies for improving crop stress tolerance;
- Integration of modern biotechnology and traditional breeding for crop stress tolerance;
- Omics-based approaches for improving crop stress tolerance.
Prof. Dr. Peng Chen
Dr. Muzammal Rehman
Dr. Samavia Mubeen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress response
- adaptation mechanisms
- crop growth and development
- tolerance